Ageroth
@Ageroth@reddthat.com
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 2 months ago:
The first Dark Souls was 2011. Diablo was released in 1997. World of Warcraft was 2004 and while you didn’t quite drop all your stuff and money you die you did have to run back to your corpse to keep from having all your stuff degrade and cost a bunch of money. The first Sonic was 1991 and getting hit makes you drop all your “money” and have to pick it back up.
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 2 months ago:
The first ones I can think of is legend of Zelda and final fantasy, but I think there was also Adventure for the Atari before those even. The first Assassin’s Creed was 2007, Adventure was 1980
- Comment on Balatro celebrates 2 million sales, will feature major gameplay update in 2025! 3 months ago:
It’s really just poker solitaire with a bunch of math added to flavorful bonus cards, if you’re not really into poker, solitaire, or math it isn’t going to be the right game for you.
I have a buddy that hates RNG, mostly plays shooter games, he hates poker in all its forms because of the randomness but I feel like learning to deal with probably and chance are really good lessons that apply to broader life.
- Comment on Higher-paid employees looking for work are having a tough time, and it could be a sign of a shift in the workplace 6 months ago:
Sounds like it’s time to take those skills to another party
- Comment on When in the dark, think of the monarch (See body.) 6 months ago:
That’s quite a lot of work that “if” is doing. Pretty sure humans going extinct isn’t on the schedule any time soon
- Comment on xkcd #2868: Label the States 11 months ago:
I just moved out of Kentucky and was like wait, there’s two Tennessee?
- Comment on What If Psychedelics’ Hallucinations Are Just a Side Effect? 1 year ago:
I’m in the middle of a move and have to be away from my wife and dogs for about a month. For the first week or so one dog was all mopey and sad I wasn’t there, like visibly unhappy I wasn’t home. She’s a rescue and has had some separation anxiety, so it makes sense, but I bet it’s like that kind of thing. Take away whatever makes them happy is a pretty sure way to cause depression.
- Comment on Join Starfleet. Fast reaction time not required! 1 year ago:
I bet the first thing they teach you is to set the phasers to stun
- Comment on It's that time of year when Scotty's brain melts. 1 year ago:
Nothing more permanent than a temporary fix that works
- Comment on Nice 1 year ago:
Challenge accepted, deploying invisass Image
- Comment on Burning Man, tech bros' favorite party, is in jeopardy because of Tropical Storm Hilary 1 year ago:
You practically need tech bro money to afford a ticket though don’t you? The article says tickets are up to $2750, and while I know they go for less if you get lucky in the lottery or something like that they’re still like 800-1000$ just to get in. Who can afford that just as the entry fee, let alone what ever you need to survive the desert for a week?
- Comment on Esoteric runes 1 year ago:
5 is the one with a lady yelling at a cat sitting at the dining table. 7 is the guy choosing between the two buttons Not sure about the others, Clearly common memes but I’m not hip enough to know off the top of my head
- Comment on Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist 1 year ago:
I believe there is a modern spiritual successor called War for the Overworld, basically exact same game layout and mechanics with modern engine and graphics
- Comment on What game feels 'timeless' to you? 1 year ago:
It does feel like the battles are very player dependant until you hit high enough amounts of mobs. Keeping you back line protected is super important. It also does a terrible job of understanding special abilities for mobs or towns. For example there are some mobs with the special ability “immortal” where about 30 sec after they die they will rez, and each time after the chance halves. Using them as a front line with strong ranged is very powerful and can win fights the game says are impossible. Another one is the Pyre faction building, Infernal Gate. It summons units into battle for you based on how much it’s upgraded with sulphur. With just a few upgrades it becomes a practically non stop stream of free units that refreshes ever fight. As long as you keep your real units alive it’s very difficult to lose a fight after a certain point with enough upgrades.
- Comment on What game feels 'timeless' to you? 1 year ago:
There’s a game called Heroes Hour on steam that is like the pixel version of an expanded HoMM3, the over world and town building and unit recruiting is all almost the same, but the fights are real-time auto-battler that you can pause to cast spells or give directions to units. Really scratches the itch left by HoMM3
- Comment on What game feels 'timeless' to you? 1 year ago:
There’s a game called Heroes Hour on steam that is like the pixel version of an expanded HoMM3, the over world and town building and unit recruiting is all almost the same, but the fights are real-time auto-battler that you can pause to cast spells or give directions to units. Really scratches the itch left by HoMM3
